1. Here are the parts, laid up. And there are plenty of them, as you can see. But "No Panic, No Panic", to quote corpral Jones in "Dad's Army". You will need to sort them out, and that is not too difficult. Also: there is a minimum of flash, so the cleaning up will be fairly easy!

2. First parts have been glued together: the two tracks and the bottom of the chassis. And here we see a problem: the traylike shape of the bottom chassis, not extending to the tracks and meeting the superstructure - the big square thing waiting in the background.

3. This is a problem, because it makes it tricky to fit the superstructure parts (no's 3. 4A, 4B, 5A & 5B) on the chassis without resting directly on the tracks - that will look ugly. Especially the two drivers cabs (5A & 5B) will be troublesome to place properly. Note: the numbers given are my own device. Also, there will be a slight gap between the superstructure and the tracks.

4. Well, before solving it, that requires putting the superstructure in place, the Engine must be inserted. Here you have the four parts of the kits engine. You could very well detail it much more, with exhaust pipes etc, but as little of this will be seen in the completed model, I will satisfy myself with just the kit parts.

5. Here the engine is in place. The two Drivers Cabs are awaitin their placement. Regarding their interior: the one on the left should have the steering wheel, the one on the right levers only - see this picture! The chassis "tub" look awfully bare, but don't fret: most of it will simply disappear under the cargo.

6. The trick with the Drivers Cabs, is to first put the piece of track covers (marked 4A & 4B) in place, and secure them on the inside, as it were, with small strips of plastic cards. (Notice: place them with the "notches" facing outwards.) And when they are secured...

(PS. Notice the plastic card pieces blanking off the back interior. They were later finished off with strips of plastic.)

7. ... glue the Drivers Cabs onto the track cover ends - see the pic to the left. This is a pretty flimsy attachment, though, and you will have to secure the Drivers Cabs as well, and like the Track Covers secure them on the inside with small strips of plastic cards, making sure that you leave a small gaps to the tracks.

8. The loading cradle (consisting of three parts) goes in there in the loading bay. I have not glued it stuck yet.. On the Supply version it was usually retracted, on the Gunb Carrier version extended.

9. My kit lost quite a few details on the sides due to careless handling, so I had to replace them: they are the ones in white (plastic card) or grey (lead wire). (And then I got careless, and squashed the hooks once more. Oh, well...)

10. The kit is noticably complete when it comes to different details. The only exception to this is the rear, where at least some models had side mudguards, joining the top ones, that also had small angled side plates. These I added. Also I added mesh to the small air ventilation on both sides of the door. The exhaust pipe to the silencer also waits to be added.

11. And here it is ready for painting.

12. And here much of the painting have been done. First the paint proper, then the black wash (producing the shade effect), afterwards tempered first by a drybrush of brown, and then with a drybrush of sand, to produce highlights. The tracks have also been painted. The weathering reamins to be done.